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04/06/2020 - 33 Silbury Road – Extension – Foster Home Adaptations ref: 848 Recommendations Approved
To provide additional bedrooms and living
spaces to continue to care for additional foster children.
Decision Maker: Director: Housing and Landlord Services
Decision published: 28/08/2020
Effective from: 04/06/2020
Decision:
Approval to award works for a two storey rear
extension and a single storey side extension to a residential home
for foster carers. In addition to the extensions, minor alterations
will be carried out to the existing property, to create a ground
floor shower room and to link the existing house to the new
areas.
Lead officer: Francesca Barclay
01/06/2020 - Bristol City Council School Term Dates 2021/2022 ref: 799 Recommendations Approved
In collaboration and co-ordination with Local
Authorities in South West England, including neighbouring Local
Authorities; Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire
and North Somerset Bristol City Council is required to set Term
Dates for the academic school year 2021/22 for Community and
Voluntary Controlled School in Bristol. Other schools, which are
not Community and VC schools, are responsible for setting their own
dates so these may vary from those set by BCC.
The decision was put to public consultation running from 17th May
to 28th April 2020. Consultation coincided with 2020 Covid-19
lockdown. Therefore, circulation and feedback was limited. However,
responses received raised no objections to the proposed
dates.
Decision Maker: Director: Education and Skills
Decision published: 15/06/2020
Effective from: 01/06/2020
Decision:
To proceed with the proposed school term dates
for 2021/2022 for Community and Voluntary Controlled School in
Bristol.
Term 1: Thursday 2nd September 2021 to Friday 22nd October 2021 (37
School Days)
Term 2: Monday 1st November 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021 (35
School Days)
Term 3: Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Friday 18th February 2022 (34
School Days)
Term 4: Monday 28th February 2022 to Friday 8th April 2022 (30
School Days)
Term 5: Monday 25th April 2022 to Friday 27th May 2022 (24 School
Days)
Term 6: Monday 6th June 2022 to Friday 22nd July 2022 (35 School
Days)
Total 195 School Days*
*In the school year 2021/22 pupils must attend for 190 days. School
may decide which 5 days in the school year are INSET or non-contact
days (days when pupils do not attend)
Lead officer: Alison Hurley
26/05/2020 - Inflationary Uplift for Bristol City Council foster carers, special guardians, adopters and supported lodgings hosts ref: 795 Recommendations Approved
Bristol’s aim is to value its carers and
to recruit and retain local carers for children who need our care.
Providing an inflationary uplift on an annual basis will enable
carers to meet the needs of children. This is recognised as an
essential part of the high value package provided by Bristol City
Council.
There are on average 1079 placements funded across in-house
fostering, SGO and Adoption at a cost of £11.7m. The cost of
uplift at 2% to all placement allowances on this basis will cost
£234k and will take account of cost of living
increases.
Decision Maker: Director: Children, Families & Safer Communities
Decision published: 03/06/2020
Effective from: 26/05/2020
Decision:
2% inflationary uplift to be applied for full
year 2020-21
Inflation to be budgeted and applied annually thereafter in line
with MTFP inflation model
Lead officer: Ann James
02/06/2020 - City Leap Update ref: 794 Information Only
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 02/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet noted the decision to bring the current procurement to an end and to restart a revised procurement process subject to a further Cabinet Decision in July.
02/06/2020 - Bristol is Open: Update ref: 790 Recommendations Approved
To provide an update on the next phase for the
Bristol Is Open and seek approval for delivery of the current
projects.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 12/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet
- Approved the proposal that the Council completes the delivery of the OPCR (Open Programmable City Region) and Replicate projects;
- Authorised the Executive Director: Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Governance and Performance, to take all steps necessary for the transfer of relevant staff into the Council (subject to appropriate consultation by BRISTOLISOPEN LTD.)
- Noted that approximately £250k is expected to be drawn down from the previously approved £500k earmarked reserve in order to fund the write-off of monies previously advanced to BRISTOLISOPEN LTD or to fund low level running costs for BRISTOLISOPEN LTD as an inactive company.
- Noted that up to £359k revenue expenditure for new staff payroll costs, and contracts arising in the delivery of OPCR will be incurred. This will be funded first from the residual £250k remaining in the original £500k earmarked reserve once the Recommendation 3 has been met. Thereafter the balance (expected to be £109k) is to be absorbed within the existing Digital Transformation or the OPCR budgets.
- Noted that the Redeemable Preference Shares (book value £350,001 prior to the close of 19/20) will be fully impaired for the 19/20 statutory reporting purposes.
Lead officer: Penny Fell
02/06/2020 - COVID 19 - Adult Social Care ref: 792 Information Only
To seek approval to spend the £9.3m allocated from the Covid-19 emergency fund and to set out more detail following the details given in the Covid-19 finance report of April 2020.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 02/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet:
- noted the rationale for the allocated budget to Adult Social Care, and how it is broken down;
- agreed a monthly reporting process to Corporate Leadership Board.
Lead officer: Hugh Evans
02/06/2020 - Moving Forward Together Transformational Programme ref: 784 Recommendations Approved
To seek approval for the Housing and Landlord
Services transformation programme.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 12/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet:
- Approved the delivery of the next phases of Move Forward Together programme set out in the report;
- Authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration in consultation with the Cabinet Member Housing to incur the programme spend of £1.44 million from ring-fenced HRA resources.
Lead officer: Julian Higson
02/06/2020 - Extensions and Variations to Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence contracts and timeline for due to the impact of COVID 19 on Commissioning and Procurement Activity. ref: 786 Recommendations Approved
To seek approval for contract extensions for
domestic abuse and sexual violence services to 31st March 2022 due
to the impact of COVID 19 and the delay of the procurement process
to the same timescale.
.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 12/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet:
Authorised the Executive Director People in consultation with the Cabinet Member Communities (Public Health, Public Transport, Libraries, Parks), Events and Equalities to take all steps necessary to extend the contracts for domestic abuse and sexual violence services to 31st March 2022 at a cost of £933,813 and delay the current procurement process for these contracts due to the impact of COVID 19.
Lead officer: Jacqui Jensen
02/06/2020 - COVID 19 – Cross Directorate Application for Contract Awards, Extensions and Variations Necessary due to the Impact of COVID 19 on Commissioning and Procurement Activity. ref: 785 Recommendations Approved
To seek approval to adopt an approach to
Contract Awards, Extensions and Variations Necessary due to the
impact of COVID 19 on Commissioning and Procurement
Activity.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 12/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet:
- Authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with Cabinet Member for Housing, for the purposes of mitigating COVID 19, to take all appropriate steps:
(a) to extend existing contracts, and award new contract(s), in-line with the procurement routes outlined in Appendix A, and;
(b)
to make any further necessary
extensions/variations to all such contracts.
- Authorised the Executive Director People, in consultation with the Cabinet Member Adult Social Care, for the purposes of mitigating COVID 19, to take all appropriate steps:
(a) to extend existing contracts, and award new contract(s) in-line with the procurement routes outlined in Appendix A, and
(b) to make any further necessary extensions/variations to all such contracts;
3. Authorised the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration to vary and allocate the grant award of £1,077,100.00 MHCLG funding for 20/21 (Rough Sleeping Services Grant).
Lead officer: Jacqui Jensen, Stephen Peacock
02/06/2020 - Traffic signals maintenance, supply and installation contract ref: 783 Recommendations Approved
To seek approval to procure a new Traffic Signals maintenance, supply and installation contract from July 2022.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 12/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet:
- Approved the procurement of a new Traffic Signals maintenance, supply and installation contract from July 2022 for a period of up to 9 years at a cost of up to £2m per annum.
- Authorised the Executive Director Growth & Regeneration in consultation with Cabinet Member Transport & Energy to take all steps necessary to procure and award the contract.
Lead officer: Duncan Venison
02/06/2020 - Finance Update ref: 787 Recommendations Approved
To seek Cabinet's approval on the
Council’s financial position and also estimated financial
impact of the current Covid-19 pandemic.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 12/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet noted:
- The significant financial impact on the Council as a result of COVID-19 pandemic;
- The extent to which further Government funding is required;
- A further report to be taken to Cabinet or Council, outlining the scale of the budget gap and proposal if required for resetting the revenue and capital plans;
- It would also be necessary to refresh the Council’s Business and Service plans later this year to reflect this impact and to ensure consistency in delivering changing priorities.
Lead officer: Michael Pilcher
02/06/2020 - Q4 Corporate Risk Report ref: 789 Information Only
To note the Corporate Risk Register for Quarter 4.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 02/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet noted the report and progress on embedding Risk Management arrangements within the Council.
Lead officer: Jan Cadby
02/06/2020 - 2019/20 Finance Outturn Report ref: 788 Recommendations Approved
The report provides a summary of the overall
financial performance and use of resources against approved budget
for the financial year 2019/20.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 12/06/2020
Decision:
Cabinet noted:
- the contents of the report and the final position of the General fund for the financial year 2019/20 of a £5.3 million deficit, and the key reasons for budget variances as set out in Appendix A of the report;
- the final outturn of the Council’s capital expenditure, of total expenditure of £144.7 million compared to a final capital budget for the year of £142.8 million;
- the outturn position for the Dedicated Schools Grant of £2.9 million deficit to be carried forward;
- the outturn position for the Housing Revenue Account of £1 million underspend to be carried forward for the councils landlord functions;
- the balanced outturn position of the public health grant;
- the implication of the final outturn on the Council’s reserve;
- the in-year collection levels for both Business Rates and Council Tax;
- the level of aged debt as at 31 March 2020; and
- the performance on delivery of savings;
- the use of £0.5 million of covid-19 emergency grant funding against pressures in March.
Cabinet approved:
1. the re-profiling of the acceleration or slippage for each scheme within the Capital Programme as set out in Appendix A4
Cabinet delegated:
1. authority to the Director of Finance after consultation with the Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Finance, Governance & Performance to make any technical adjustments to ear-marked reserves necessary on receipt of the final business rates income.
Lead officer: Michael Pilcher
02/06/2020 - Port Communities Resilience Fund Closure Report ref: 793 Information Only
To note for information the summary of the activities, expected outcomes, lessons and recommendations following the implementation of the Capital spend programme.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 02/06/2020
Decision:
That the Cabinet Notes the Port Communities Resilience Fund Project Closure Report
Wards affected: Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston;
Lead officer: Stephen Peacock
02/06/2020 - Bristol Energy Update ref: 791 Recommendations Approved
To provide an update on Bristol Energy.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 02/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 02/06/2020
Effective from: 02/06/2020
Lead officer: Penny Fell
04/05/2020 - Provision of Security Services at The Bottle Yard Studios ref: 782 Recommendations Approved
In order to facilitate payment and noting that
this is a retrospective payment and the provider is no longer
providing services to the authority, this is an officer executive
decision noting the total cumulative spend.
Decision Maker: Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration
Decision published: 28/05/2020
Effective from: 04/05/2020
Decision:
This decision is an extension to a waiver
already issued, which expired on 31st December 2019.
The Whitchurch Lane site is wholly owned by BCC. It is shared with
Bristol City Council (BCC) tenant, Matthew Clark Bibendum Ltd
(MCBL) and BCC’s The Bottle Yard Studios (TBYS). As part of
the lease terms negotiated between BCC and MCWL in 2014, MCWL
retained the right to provide the manned guarding for the whole
site (two guards, 24/7, 365 days/year) with costs shared equally
between TBYS
Lead officer: Nuala Gallagher
21/05/2020 - Private Housing Enforcement Policy – Addendum (COVID-19) ref: 781 Recommendations Approved
The addendum to the Private Housing
Enforcement Policy is additional guidance for enforcing officers
who will have regard to current government and public health
guidance to ensure a pragmatic approach to enforcement whilst
maintaining social distancing and isolation measures.
Decision Maker: Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration
Decision published: 28/05/2020
Effective from: 21/05/2020
Decision:
The addendum to the Private Housing
Enforcement Policy is additional guidance to be read in conjunction
with the Private Housing Enforcement Policy 2016 (revised 2017) for
enforcing officers who will have regard to current government and
public health guidance to ensure a pragmatic approach to
enforcement whilst maintaining social distancing and isolation
measures.
Link to Private Housing Enforcement Policy 2016 (revised 2017):
https://www.bristol.gov.uk/documents/20182/34852/Private+Housing+Enfocement+Policy+2016/d0e5d52b-5bd0-4fd8-b44a-06d8703f38e2
Lead officer: Francesca Barclay